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Hans Martinez

Economics Ph.D. Student at Western University with experience in empirical research, consulting and project management.

Enhancing Data Science and Machine Learning with Economics

Soft Skills Technical Skills
Critical thinker Data Science and Machine Learning
Grit Econometric Modeling
Leadership Data Visualization

Education

PhD. in Economics, Student

University of Western Ontario

London, ON

2023 - 2019

  • Relevant courses: Econometrics, Advanced Econometrics, Machine Learning, Empirical Industrial Organization

M.S. in Economics and Industrial Organization

UANL

MEX

2016 - 2014

  • Thesis: e-Rational Voters: Measuring the Effects of Internet and Media Freedom on the Political Budget Cycle in a Weak Democracy

M.A. in Business Management

UVM

MEX

2011 - 2009

  • Major in Financial Engineering

B.S., Engineering

UVM

MEX

2008 - 2004

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Western Ontario

London, ON

2020 - 2020

  • Estimation of econometric models to asses financial and macroeconomic variables of developing countries, including data sourcing and analysis.

Economics Researcher

Economics Research Centre, Faculty of Economics, UANL

MEX

2019 - 2016

  • Succesfully led a project to develop competitiveness index for the municpalities of the NL state government
  • Analyzed and visualized survey data. Presented summary to client.
  • Prepared successful project proposals, project reports and results summaries. Prepared successful project proposals.

Industry Experience

Before getting into the Ph.D. program I worked in the manufacturing industry in strategic sourcing and project management areas. I developed skills that are relevant to thrive under high stakes and time-constraint environments such as time management, setting priorities right, communication skills, work under pressure, coordination of multidisciplinary teams, negotiation skills, among others.

Project Manager; Sourcing Buyer

Whirlpool

MEX

2014 - 2008

  • Coordinated multidisciplinary teams to introduce new parts into production
  • Managed supplier relationships. Negotiated prices, contracts and terms of service

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of Western Ontario

London, ON

2021 - 2019

  • Served as TA for Principles of Microeconomics and Macroecnomomics for the Fall and Winter terms

Lecturer: Mathematics for Economists

UANL

MEX

2019 - 2018

Academic Publications

My experience in research has been in applied statistic and econometric modeling. Starting with a clear question and figuring out the best way to answer it with the best data we could get and the best model we could use. Whether it was a question that came from a client or from personal inteterest, the process it is interesting and fullfilling.

Is Internet Access Bad News for Media-Capturing Incumbents?1

Journal of Applied Economics. Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 527-553.

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • with C. Gámez

Compra y Coerción del Voto en el Estado de Nuevo León Vote buying and coercion in the State of Nuevo Leon2

In Perfiles del Electorado Nuevoleonés. Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo Democrático de Nuevo León del CEENL.

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • with J. Chapa & E. Ayala

Índice de competitividad municipal del estado de Nuevo León Competitiveness index for the municipalities of the state of Nuevo Leon3

Secretaría de Economía y Trabajo de Nuevo León

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • with J. Chapa & B. Bedoy